Lubricating device for railway vehicle axles



' Aprifl 9, 1929. 3E. MCIDONEJY L UBRI CATING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE AXLES Filed April 15, 1928 Patented Apr 9, lQZSQ I r i a ERNEST MOONEY, 01* YORK, ENGLAND.

LUBRICATIN'G DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE AXLES.

Application filed April 13, 1928. Serial No. 269,828.

This invention relates to that kind of railbricating device and is secured to the underway axle lubricating device in which an abside thereof in any appropriate manner. sol-bent pad connected to or formed integral Thus any oil which splashes up is absorbed by with capillary feeders dipping into the oil the sheet of absorbent material 11, and is 60 5 in the axle-sex is supported in contact with utilized to feed the absorbent pad 1 by way of the journal by means of a spring frame comthe capillary feeders 2 which pass through prising a cradle, a transverse bearer strip said absorbent sheet 10. central to the cradle, straight longitudinal One of the transverse strips 8 which con side members connected together by transset the ends of the longitudinal side mcm- 65 10 verse strips, and double elliptical side members 7 has mounted thereon brackets 12 carrybcrs attached to the longitudinal side mcming at their upper or outer ends auxiliary bers and to the ends of the transverse bearer absorbent pads 13 projecting through holes strip. 14- in the adjacent wall of the axle-box i and Now the chief object of the present invencontacting with the wheel boss 15 carried by 15 tion is to prevent waste of lubricating oil as the journal 16 against which the absorbent a result of splashing, and a further object is I pad 1 is supported by its spring frame, and to provide for the lubrication of the boss of such auxiliary pads 13 also have capillary the wheel carried by the axle journal. feeders 2 which pass through the sheet of According to the invention, the capillary absorbent material 11 and dip into the oil 3 in 20 feeders of the absorbent pad pass through the lower part of the axle-box i.

a sheet of absorbent material located over the I claim oil in the bottom of the axle-box. To ensure 1. In a lubricating device of the class do of lubrication of the wheel boss, the spring scribed, an absorbent pad, capillary feeders frame carries auxiliary pads in contact with formed integral with said absorbent pad, a

the wheel boss and having capillary feeders spring frame supporting said pad in contact which pass through the sheetof absorbent with the axle journal, a sheet of absorbent material into the oil contained in the bottom material located over the oil in the axle-box of the axle box. and through which said capillary feeders In order that the invention may be clearly pass into said oil, and auxiliary absorbent 8 understood and readily carried into e'li'ect,tlie pads carried by the spring frame and havsame will now be more fully described with ing capillary feeders also passing through reference to and by the aid of the accompanythe said sheet of absorbent material into the ing drawings; wherein oil in the axle-box, said auxiliary absorbent Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved pads contacting with the wheel boss carried 35 lubricating device, with the axle box shown in by said axle ournal.

section. b 2. In a lubricating device of the class de- Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of scr1bed,a spring frame comprising a cradle, Figure 1. a transverse bearer strip central to the cradle,

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the absorbstraight longitudinal side members, transent pad formed integral with capillary feedverse strips connecting said longitudinal side ers which dip into the oil 3 in the lower part members, double elliptical side members atof the axle-box l, said absorbent pad 1 betached to the longitudinal side members and ing supported by means of a spring frame to the ends of the transverse bearer strip, and

comprising a cradle 5, a transverse bearer brackets mounted on one of the transverse strip (3 central to the cradle 5, straight longistrips, an absorbent pad carried by said trdinal side nembers 7 connected together by cradle, capillary feeders formed integral with tr nsverse strips 8, and double elliptical side said absorbent pad, a sheet of absorbent matemer ibers 9 attached to the straight longiturial through which said capillary feeders pass dinal side members 7 and to the ends of the into the oil in the axle-box and below said trtmsverse bearer strip 6. sheet of absorbent material, auxiliary absorbhe lubricating device as a whole is supent pads carried by said brackets and having ported in position upon a ledge 10 projecting capillary feeders also passing through said inwardly from the walls of the axle-box 4-, and sheet of absorbent material into the oil in the capillary feeders 2 of the absorbent pad the axle-box. 1 pass through a sheet of material 11 which i extends the full Width and length of the 111- ERNEST MOONEY. 

